Rubber is an elastic material obtained by the industrial method of vulcanizing synthetic or natural rubber. In addition, it includes vulcanization accelerators and various additives, the presence of which is determined by the purpose and characteristics of the operation of the products.
The production technology includes: mixing rubber with additives, molding, cutting of sheets and assembly of products (if required). Molding (or shaping the product) takes place in a vulcanizing press or in injection molding.
Another property of rubber, in addition to the aforementioned high elasticity, is a combination of characteristics that are inherent in solid and liquid bodies - elasticity, shape stability, amorphousness and repetition of deformation.
It is impossible to imagine the modern world without rubber products - in almost every mechanism there are parts that are made of this material. The manufactured assortment of rubber products includes about 50 thousand items of products that are used in agriculture, automotive, medicine, sports, construction and other industries. One of the most famous products made from rubber is automobile tires. By the way, the first tire was patented in 1846 in England, and the first who began to use it in carwere the French.
As you know, rubber consists mostly of rubber. Knowing its properties, the Indians of South America, to get rubber shoes, simply dipped their feet in the juice of hevea - a plant that is a source of natural rubber. Drying the juice, created a protective shell on the legs of the natives.